The “Lords of Flatbush” move as a unit through Brooklyn — chasing girls, stealing cars, and playing pool.
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Posts Tagged: Gangs
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Teenage Gang Debs
“Kick-happy, thrill-hungry, always reckless, and willing….”
Teenage Gang Debs is a 1966 film about a Manhattan girl who moves to the mean streets of Brooklyn and joins The Rebels, “from back room binges to back alley rumbles, anything goes as long as it’s violent.”
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Punky and Nose Candy
I idolized my cousin Merrie when I was a kid.
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Edelweiss Pirates
A man named Jean Jülich died on October 19th, age 82, in his hometown of Cologne.
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The Bills
In the late 1950s in one of the poorest cities in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa) a subculture emerged.
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The Jokers
In the spring of 1959 Bruce Davidson met a group of teenagers in Brooklyn who called themselves The Jokers.
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Gangs of Brooklyn
“Crew [of teen gang members] is shown in jiffy wagon as they were transported to Adolescent Court.”
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Gang Out
In the late 70’s and early 80’s, Chicago gangbangers carried and distributed business cards.
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Teen Angels Magazine
Teen Angels magazine: “The voice of the varrio since 1979″.
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Lo-Lifes
Lo-lifes were a late eighties and early nineties New York gang movement with a cultish dedication to Polo by Ralph Lauren.